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A photograph from William Eggleston’s Southern Suite portfolio, which is showing at Münich’s Pinakothek der Moderne in AugustVienna, Austria
SIGMAR POLKE: RETROSPEKTIVE
Museum Moderner Kunst,
until 7 October, 2007
www.mumok.at
Co-founder of the ironic capitalist realism school, Sigmar Polke (b. 1941) creates his own pictorial language and experiments with innovative materials. London, UK
SACRED: DISCOVER WHAT WE SHARE
British Library, until 23
September, 2007
www.bl.uk A selection of the world’s most exquisitely illustrated Christian and Islamic texts displayed alongside each other in thematic groups. Copenhagen, Denmark
ERIK A. FRANDSEN: THE REAL. UNNATURALISM
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, until 5 August, 2007
www.glyptoteket.dk Frandsen uses the traditional techniques of mosaic with the raw materials of contemporary photography to constantly parallel the ancient and modern worlds, specifically the “empires” of the US and Rome. Münich, Germany
WILLIAM EGGLESTON: PORTFOLIOS
Pinakothek der Moderne, until 19 August, 2007
www.pinakothek.de A brilliant exhibition showcasing the recently acquisitioned Southern Suite portfolio of the legendary Memphis, Tennessee photographer William Eggleston, who is widely credited with having a profound influence on the development of 20th-century colour photography. Ghent, Belgium
KITSCH, CAMP OR DESIGN?
Design Museum Ghent, until 24 June, 2007
http://design.museum.gent.be This exhibition, which questions the parameters of good design, kitsch and camp using examples such as Philippe Starck’s garden gnomes, has delighted and provoked critics in equal measure. |